vmware and Alt_ binding

Here's a newbie question I use Outlook in a vmware Windows7 VM. Usually, but not always, when the VM has focus, an Alt+2 (say) keystroke is directed to the Outlook app rather than switching to workspace 2. I'd like to guarantee the workspace switch behaviour. Is there a solution to this? Regards Richard

Most virtual machines have a key which toggles between capturing all
keypresses for the guest and allowing the host to capture some
keypresses. (Usually, there's a visual indicator of which mode is
current, too.) In VirtualBox, the right control key does this job. You
should check around in your configuration dialogs or, failing that,
the documentation for VMWare to find out their mechanism for this
toggling.
~d
Quoting Richard WAtson
Here's a newbie question
I use Outlook in a vmware Windows7 VM. Usually, but not always, when the VM has focus, an Alt+2 (say) keystroke is directed to the Outlook app rather than switching to workspace 2.
I'd like to guarantee the workspace switch behaviour.
Is there a solution to this?
Regards
Richard
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